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Volume CX, Number 23
University of Southern California
Thursday, October 5, 1989
Tracy Fullerton / Daily Trojan
Craig Cunningham, a member of the USC Divestment Coalition, argues with George Scharffenberger, chairman of the Board of Trustees, during Wednesday’s protest for university divestment in South Africa.
Students stage protest at Bovard to push for university divestment
By Bill Swindell
Staff Writer
Protesting university investments in companies doing business in South Africa, more than 100 students staged a sit-in Wednesday morning outside Bovard Administration Building as the Board of Trustees met inside.
For one hour prior to the meeting, students chanted slogans and carried signs reading "Divest Now, It's Blood $" and "Just Say No To Racism."
"It makes me sick that my tuition is going to buy bullets that will kill some black child," said Chris Barrisle, a freshman major-
ing in cinema.
The nonviolent sit-in resulted in a meeting between Craig Cunningham, a member of the USC Divestment Coalition, and George Scharffenberger, chairman of the board.
During the brief meeting, Cun-(See Protest, page 15)
USC sued by student shot at apartments
Lawsuit means to improve security, punish university
By Petula Dvorak and Vivien Lou Chen
Staff Writers
Kim Warfield, the student who was shot in January outside Stardust Apartments, filed a lawsuit Wednesday that demands the university compensate her for punitive damages.
Warfield's attorney, Sanford Gage, said Ihe suit has been filed to ensure that the university will fulfill promises to provide students with an improved security system on and off campus.
The lawsuit demands foot and armed patrols, better lighting, automatic key access, and video camera surveillance.
"This is not anti-university," Gage said. "Security at USC falls short of adequate (and) they've been slow to respond."
University counsel could not be reached for comment.
However, the lawsuit also stresses punitive damages to compensate for Warfield's trauma and "punish" the university for its negligence.
The lawsuit demands that the university cover all of Warfield's medical and incidental expenses, as well as damages for destruction and loss of her personal property.
Though Gage declined to speculate on the monetary value of the suit before it goes to trial, he said he expects it to exceed the minimum the court can award.
Julie Krauss, Gage's assistant, also declined to estimate the dollar amount of the suit.
"The dollar amount will be determined by the jury after they see the evidence," Krauss said.
"We aren't even sure what the medical bills will come to, because we also have to consider the medical care Kim may require in the future," she said.
Krauss said that though the lawsuit is on a "fast track,” it may be five years before it goes to trial.
(See Warfield, page 7)
Senate votes to back recycling project irTBrie?
Campaign aims to raise $30,000, boost student participation
By Petula Dvorak
Staff Writer
Student senators voted unanimously Wednesday to help raise funds and boost student participation in a large-scale campus recycling program.
Funds generated by senators will be added to an ongoing university campaign to raise $30,000 for the effort, said Tara
Brigham, senate president and co-author of legislation in support of the program.
The $30,000 would go toward a salary for the recycling program's director, work-study jobs for students and bins to contain the recyclable products, Brigham said.
Recycling conserves energy, fights pollution and improves the outlook for the future of materials, the legislation stated.
Bins for recyclable items — primarily newsprint, white office paper, computer paper and aluminum cans — will be placed at university buildings and student residences, Brigham said.
The bins will be emptied each day by the work-study students, she said.
The legislation stated that the university can expect to recycle an estimated 40 percent of its waste.
In discussing the impact of the legislation, senators debated the university's right to take away the livelihood of homeless people whose only cash flow comes from the aluminum cans they collect throughout the campus.
Several senators suggested that a portion of the cans be set aside for those people, but no final decision was reached.
(See Senate, page 6)
Students receive ride sharing alternatives
By Anita Vogel
Staff Writer
Trousdale Parkway played host Wednesday to a variety of transportation vehicles in celebration of the statewide Ride Sharing Week.
Some of the vehicles on display included a commuter express bus, van-pools, and a Rapid Transit District bus.
To inform commuter students of alternatives to long drives to campus every day, the university ride-sharing office presented some of the available options.
"A lot of people seem to be very interested in not having to drive to school," said Julie Hill, a transportation associate for the city of Los Angeles.
Hill, representing the commuter express bus, said the city has been running the service for the last three years. It serves mainly West Los Angeles and the West San Fernando Valley.
One-way service runs $1.10, "and the bus makes a convenient stop at Hoover and Jefferson," Hill said.
The vanpool is another convenient (See Ride Sharing, page 8)
Haig travels to China, says West should lift freeze on new credit
• BEIJING — Alexander Haig, a former U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday the West should lift a freeze on new credit to China.
Haig, the most prominent American to visit China since the Tiananmen Square massacre June 3 and 4, said Chinese leaders reassured him they want to keep China’s doors open to the world.
“We simply must continue to communicate with Chinese leaders,” Haig said. He was in Beijing for a business symposium.
— From the Associated Press
Index
4
6
Arts & Entertainment 9
24
Gambling: Art or addiction?
Sports, page 24
weather
Sunny.
.81/62
Sugarcubes tell of life in Iceland
A & E, page 9
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Volume CX, Number 23
University of Southern California
Thursday, October 5, 1989
Tracy Fullerton / Daily Trojan
Craig Cunningham, a member of the USC Divestment Coalition, argues with George Scharffenberger, chairman of the Board of Trustees, during Wednesday’s protest for university divestment in South Africa.
Students stage protest at Bovard to push for university divestment
By Bill Swindell
Staff Writer
Protesting university investments in companies doing business in South Africa, more than 100 students staged a sit-in Wednesday morning outside Bovard Administration Building as the Board of Trustees met inside.
For one hour prior to the meeting, students chanted slogans and carried signs reading "Divest Now, It's Blood $" and "Just Say No To Racism."
"It makes me sick that my tuition is going to buy bullets that will kill some black child," said Chris Barrisle, a freshman major-
ing in cinema.
The nonviolent sit-in resulted in a meeting between Craig Cunningham, a member of the USC Divestment Coalition, and George Scharffenberger, chairman of the board.
During the brief meeting, Cun-(See Protest, page 15)
USC sued by student shot at apartments
Lawsuit means to improve security, punish university
By Petula Dvorak and Vivien Lou Chen
Staff Writers
Kim Warfield, the student who was shot in January outside Stardust Apartments, filed a lawsuit Wednesday that demands the university compensate her for punitive damages.
Warfield's attorney, Sanford Gage, said Ihe suit has been filed to ensure that the university will fulfill promises to provide students with an improved security system on and off campus.
The lawsuit demands foot and armed patrols, better lighting, automatic key access, and video camera surveillance.
"This is not anti-university," Gage said. "Security at USC falls short of adequate (and) they've been slow to respond."
University counsel could not be reached for comment.
However, the lawsuit also stresses punitive damages to compensate for Warfield's trauma and "punish" the university for its negligence.
The lawsuit demands that the university cover all of Warfield's medical and incidental expenses, as well as damages for destruction and loss of her personal property.
Though Gage declined to speculate on the monetary value of the suit before it goes to trial, he said he expects it to exceed the minimum the court can award.
Julie Krauss, Gage's assistant, also declined to estimate the dollar amount of the suit.
"The dollar amount will be determined by the jury after they see the evidence," Krauss said.
"We aren't even sure what the medical bills will come to, because we also have to consider the medical care Kim may require in the future," she said.
Krauss said that though the lawsuit is on a "fast track,” it may be five years before it goes to trial.
(See Warfield, page 7)
Senate votes to back recycling project irTBrie?
Campaign aims to raise $30,000, boost student participation
By Petula Dvorak
Staff Writer
Student senators voted unanimously Wednesday to help raise funds and boost student participation in a large-scale campus recycling program.
Funds generated by senators will be added to an ongoing university campaign to raise $30,000 for the effort, said Tara
Brigham, senate president and co-author of legislation in support of the program.
The $30,000 would go toward a salary for the recycling program's director, work-study jobs for students and bins to contain the recyclable products, Brigham said.
Recycling conserves energy, fights pollution and improves the outlook for the future of materials, the legislation stated.
Bins for recyclable items — primarily newsprint, white office paper, computer paper and aluminum cans — will be placed at university buildings and student residences, Brigham said.
The bins will be emptied each day by the work-study students, she said.
The legislation stated that the university can expect to recycle an estimated 40 percent of its waste.
In discussing the impact of the legislation, senators debated the university's right to take away the livelihood of homeless people whose only cash flow comes from the aluminum cans they collect throughout the campus.
Several senators suggested that a portion of the cans be set aside for those people, but no final decision was reached.
(See Senate, page 6)
Students receive ride sharing alternatives
By Anita Vogel
Staff Writer
Trousdale Parkway played host Wednesday to a variety of transportation vehicles in celebration of the statewide Ride Sharing Week.
Some of the vehicles on display included a commuter express bus, van-pools, and a Rapid Transit District bus.
To inform commuter students of alternatives to long drives to campus every day, the university ride-sharing office presented some of the available options.
"A lot of people seem to be very interested in not having to drive to school," said Julie Hill, a transportation associate for the city of Los Angeles.
Hill, representing the commuter express bus, said the city has been running the service for the last three years. It serves mainly West Los Angeles and the West San Fernando Valley.
One-way service runs $1.10, "and the bus makes a convenient stop at Hoover and Jefferson," Hill said.
The vanpool is another convenient (See Ride Sharing, page 8)
Haig travels to China, says West should lift freeze on new credit
• BEIJING — Alexander Haig, a former U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday the West should lift a freeze on new credit to China.
Haig, the most prominent American to visit China since the Tiananmen Square massacre June 3 and 4, said Chinese leaders reassured him they want to keep China’s doors open to the world.
“We simply must continue to communicate with Chinese leaders,” Haig said. He was in Beijing for a business symposium.
— From the Associated Press
Index
4
6
Arts & Entertainment 9
24
Gambling: Art or addiction?
Sports, page 24
weather
Sunny.
.81/62
Sugarcubes tell of life in Iceland
A & E, page 9
ii. .hi: . t a. st
Jtt t il l, f>»J* . | | w